In the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, Guidance Tamil Nadu on Thursday signed MoUs with Chubb, Nordex, the University of Western Australia and MotiveLink for projects in GCCs, R&D, higher education and manufacturing. Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with wind turbine major Nordex and Zurich-based…
CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Thursday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea filed by DMK MLA and former minister V Senthilbalaji in connection with a corruption case registered against him by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC).The court observed that the allegations against Senthilbalaji involved causing a loss of over Rs 17 crore to…
Reducing gap between guideline value and actual market value Chennai: Streets in Tamil Nadu’s market value guideline register will now be classified as commercial, mixed-use or residential based on the share of commercial electricity connections, as part of a correction exercise ordered by the Registration Department to address eight categories of anomalies identified by a…
Chennai: An unidentified man stole a two-sovereign gold chain and a mobile phone from an injured motorist after accompanying him to a hospital following an accident on the Pallavaram flyover.On Tuesday night, the injured man, Prem Kishore, 32, of Guduvanchery, closed his shop on Butt Road at St Thomas Mount, and was riding home via…
Chennai: Mambalam police arrested three women from Madhya Pradesh for stealing jewellery and cash from shoppers at a commercial establishments in T Nagar. Police recovered ₹6.44lakh in cash from them.The accused were identified as Lakshmibai , 40, Meenakshi, 35, and Khushbu, 40, all from Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.On July 25, a woman shopping at…
Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairperson, Aditya Birla Group Chennai: Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairperson of Aditya Birla Group, said that massive scale provides the resilience needed to absorb macroeconomic shocks, pointing out that UltraTech Cement increased its operating cash flow by 50% amid geopolitical tensions that disrupted supply chains and fuel costs across sectors.Speaking at the Madras…
Chennai: Central Crime Branch sleuths have busted an inter-state cyber fraud network by arresting a 35-year-old man from Manipur for using a fake mobile app to defraud people across India. Thounaojam Inaobi Singh was arrested in Bengaluru and remanded in Chennai on Monday.Singh played a key role in siphoning ₹20 lakh from the bank account…
Chennai: A 70-year-old man was rescued by fire and rescue services after he accidentally fell into a 30-foot-deep public well near his house in Pallavaram on Tuesday.Joseph, of Pallavaram’s Purushothaman Street, lost his balance and fell into an unused well due to age-related instability. As the well was dry, his fall caused multiple injuries. Residents…
Chennai: Madras high court reserved its order on a plea moved by DMK MLA G V Markandayan challenging his remand in connection with the case registered for his alleged derogatory and threatening speech against chief minister C Joseph Vijay.On Tuesday, concluding the final hearing, Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan reserved his orders. According to the prosecution,…
Chennai: Residents living around the city’s Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dumpyards have long complained of foul odour, smoke, flies, eye irritation and respiratory ailments. While environmental monitoring has detected high levels of pollutants around such landfill sites, scientific evidence directly linking exposure to health impacts has remained scarce. A new four-year project, Climate, Health and Environmental…
